Oslo

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<map lat='59.91648345450874' lng='10.78582763671875' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/> Oslo is the capital of Norway.

Hitching Out

If you want to get out of Oslo, it's proven difficult in the inner city. There are several highway entrances behind the tunnel, the further out, the easier it gets.

North towards Trondheim

The trip to Trondheim takes one day.

Around IKEA (Furuset] is an area where most trucks start. There is a petrol station on the E6 direction North which can be reached walking from metro station "Trosterud", East of the centre. The metro in oslo is called the T. From the stop Trosterud you go out, to the left, left again down the hill, over the footbridge and continue down and you are behind the station.

abstorz was able to hitch a ride onto the highway behind the tunnel in the area of Etterstad, but it can't be bad to get even further out of the city. Once on the highway everything went fine.

South towards Göteborg and Stockholm

If you want to go South-East via the E6 take metro no. 3 to "Mortensrud" and get off at the last station, then cross the bridge over metro track and walk for about 300 meters. You will enter petrol station on motorway E6. Ask drivers there. Very good spot!

You can also take the regional train going "Ski" and get off at "Nordstrand" station, one stop after Oslo-S. Once at Nordstrand, turn left and go down the little hill. The large road with a lot of traffic is the E18. You can walk about 5-10 minutes in the direction of Oslo (turning right) to the Ulvøya Island crossroad. There is a bus stop right after a traffic light and you can get picked up quite easily. Have a sign and avoid anyone going in the direction of Stockholm.

Alternatively you may want to try Esso gas station (diesel is cheaper there so lots of people fills up there and other advantage is there is a MC D. right next to it). To get there, take subway to Hellerud, turn right into Smalvollveien and walk till you get to Esso. Some might find useful to know that there seem to be fewer ticket controls on that line.

Please note that even if you are headed to Stockholm, there is so little traffic on the E18 that you better go South to Göteborg via E6 and then East to Stockholm via Jönköping.

West towards Bergen

To get to Bergen, take the local train out to "Sandvika", from where you can either take a bus or walk along the road (quite a few k's) until it turns from dual carriageway to a simple country road, where you can just hitch along the side.

Alternatively take the train to "Honefoss", walk up the hill and out to the road, and there is an information point where it's easy for drivers to pull in- all traffic from Oslo to Bergen goes past this point.

Hitchhiking from Oslo to Bergen can be pretty challenging in winter.I have tried from west of Oslo and without any luck I turned to the area where the goods terminals located.It is in the north east side of the city.Keep in mind most of the trucks are using RV 7 to go to Bergen and try to avoid being left at the small towns like Gol,Hemsedal which can prove very hard to get out of. If you want to cover a long distance by a truck your best chance to get a truck to your destination from Schenker Goods Terminal near Alna Senter.From the central station you can eighter take subway to Tveita Metro stop and walk across the E6 by Ytre Ringvei or take the train to Alna.You will not miss huge Schenker sign board.It is forbidden to enter the terminal area so wait outside the gate at the Alnabruveien and Terminalveien with a sign of your destination,by doing this you would also catch up a ride by Tollpost Globe ASs trucks.The trucks continues on Alnabruveien keeps eighter on the E6 South,E18 West or E16.Trucks leaving for E6 north turn into Terminalveien.

Hitching In

From Oslo (Rygge) Airport

Oslo (Rygge) is an airport located about 75 km South of Oslo, on the E6 direction Göteborg. To reach Oslo via HH, you simple need a sign for Oslo and you can either hitch from the airport or walk about 1,5 km to (North direction, along the motorway) the Rygge on-ramp where local traffic passes at the roundabout. The first petrol station is a few kilometres North, around Moss. From there it's rather easy to get a direct ride to Oslo.

From Oslo (Torp) Airport

Oslo (Torp) is an airport located about 115 km South of Oslo, on the E18 direction Kristiansand.

Public Transportation

The ticket is 26 kr. Note that you can buy it on the train (for 40 kr if you buy it from a person instead of the machine) and they might not check, but it's almost impossible to dodge on regional trains.

Other Useful Info


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